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Hi all

 

Pretty soon I will release a new line of pens and I need help with two things.

 

1. Testing, do you want to help me test the pen? Write with it for a few days, let me know how it feels, if I need to change anything. As a thank you you get to keep the pen.

2. Naming, There will be 13 different colours in the line and I need help naming them. If the name you propose gets elected you will win a pen in that color.

More about this later.....

 

Now I need some info on what nibs you usually use? Steel nibs? Gold nibs? Size? Price range?

 

So come on, let me know what you want!?

 

Kind regards

Niklas

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I'll be happy to help you test. Been using pens for a few years now, and write with them daily (as, I'm sure, doe everyone else!)...

 

I usually use a Fine nib, with whatever catches my fancy at the time, steel or gold doesn't matter as much to me as the smoothness of the nib. My MB146 is my favourite size, and I have sizes ranging from a P45 to the MB146. If I buy a pen (the MB was a gift), I try to keep it under $100. I'd rather have fewer pens I like than more I'm ok with...

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I would love to help test. :)

I use either gold or steel fine to extra-fine nibs, ranging from $10 to $300.

What matters to me mainly is the smoothness of the fine/extra-fine point. Flex is always welcome as well. ;)

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Looking for a Sheaffer Sovereign II Gray Pearl with an EF nib.

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I do not have enough experience to help you with testing the physical pens but I can certainly help you with naming your colors or models.

 

Nib metal and nib style are all subjective. If you have the resources, you mount a series of easily interchanged nibs like Lamy. Or you just go for B-M-F. Can't help you there.

 

However, I know you need a range of pen prices that runs from about US$50 to US$1,000 to keep this group happy. We want an inexpensive pen that we won't mind losing or dropping but we also may want a top-of-the-line pen.

I ride a recumbent, I play go, I use Macintosh so of course I use a fountain pen.

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I volunteer to help you test. While I have pens with nibs of all types, my preference is for fine or ex-fine flexible nibs, or cursive italic, and gold, but I would be happy to try out whatever you need feed back on. My pens range in price from $20.00 (Noodler's) to about $400 (Edison). Most pens, including both new and vintage, run from about $100 - $300.

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I would be more than happy to help you test! I have experience with mostly fine, extra fine, and medium steel and 14k nibs. Price range $0-$250.

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Id love to help with testing some pens. I normally use gold nibs in medium. Price range I pay up to £750 if I like the pen.

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I'd be very happy to help in any way I can. I use my pen(s) every day, and although I rate my Italix Parson's very highly, I do find that my old, and rather stiff, hand feels comfortable with the cheap Jinhao 159 - a really nice pen to use. My other standard fallback is the good old faithful Parker 45 that I bought new more years ago than I care to remember! I do know that it cost me £14 , though! Best of luck in your endeavour, it's not what they're made of, it's how they write!

 

Forgot to comment on nibs etc.

 

I use steel nibs as a rule - partly because I often use my pen to scribble a note on whatever paper is available, and have in the past found a gold nib to be too vulnerable. I would happily spend vast sums on a pen, but my partner keeps me down to £50 or so! I like a medium nib (yes, I know, boring) and I really like an italic.

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I would be happy to help and be a tester. I have a wide range of pens but tend to cluster around pens of the Pelikan M800 size in F or EF. I have some great steel nibs but probably have more gold. Price range... well, I have a few TWSBI pens and the like but most are in the $300-400 plus range. A few examples of daily users...

 

Pelikan M800 in EF

Condid Bulkfiller in EF gold and M Ti

Stipula Etruria Nuda in EF gold and F gold

Nakaya Neostandard M soft gold

Nakaya Decapod F soft gold

Conway Stewart Churchill EF gold

Pilot Custom 823 M gold

Visconti Wall Street LE EF gold

 

The above is what is sitting on my desk right now inked and in use.

 

Hope this is helpful and I look forward to the testers.

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I prefer fine nibs.

I would love to test it out for you but I don't think I am 'experience' enough to do that since I just started using fountain pens a couple of months back. lol

Do you have pictures of your pens, I hope to name them :eureka:

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Id love to help too. I have a few flex pens that I LOVE using, most are steel, but i have a few 18k nibs

 

currently have :

Kaweco Sporty Classic

TWSBI 540 1.1 stub italic nib

twsbi 540 fine nib

namiki falcon extra fine flex nib

noodlers konrad flex

noodlers ahab flex

parker 51

esterbrook j series transitional Firm Medium nib

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Niklas - I would be happy to help you out and test as well.

 

My selection of pens are similar to those of Powerbroker in the above post. I have 14k, 18K, 21K, and steel nibs. I also have ED pens from India that are quite thick and chunky to small little Minerva (Omas sub brand) from the 1960s.

 

Price range usually limited to less that $300 but have a few that are more.

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I am also new enough to fountain pens that I might not have enough "experience" to be a tester, although I do use my pens every day and would be happy to offer the perspective of someone just getting into the fountain pen world, if you need that. Otherwise, I'd be happy to help come up with colour names.

 

I so far have only steel nibs in fine and medium, and those suit my needs well. As far as price goes, I personally cannot afford to spend more than $50 on a pen at the moment; anything over $150 I would probably never buy, because I'd be too afraid to break it to write with it.

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I'd be more than happy to help test.

 

I've got pens of a few sizes, but I generally stick between xf-m depending on brand and any flex I can get my hands on. I'm currently using Esties, TWSBIs, P51, so I generally range from tiny pens to larger, though I tend to purchase on the thinner end.

 

My pens hit a lot of price ranges (20$-500$), mostly steel nibbed workhorses, but on my high end few (mostly flexy) I have gold nibs. Gold nibs being my preference, but I've used an amazing handful of steel as well.

 

The currently used pens are:

Esterbrook Purse Pen

Esterbrook J (both very thin steel nibs)

P51 M

TWSBI M - stubbed

Waterman 3v Wet Noodle

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Also happy to help.

I use my pens at work in the clinic. My pens need to be able to start instantly and without much fuss. Not much time for writing slowly (that would be done at home), it would be more of a real-world test in direct competition with ballpoints.

Pens I use at work are Pelikan Souverän (M605, M400, M250, M215), Cross Sauvage, Parker Sonnet and a Waterman Laureat. C/c and piston fillers.

Nibs I mostly use are fine and medium (while Pelikan medium is more of a broad), both steel and gold.

At home I use also pens with flex and italic nibs.

Price range of my pens is usually between $10 - $300.

 

Cheers for now!

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I'd be glad to help. Been writing with fountain pens for 15 years or so. I can't tell you the last time I owned a ball point or roller ball.

 

I generally prefer fine nibs. Steel or gold doesn't matter to me as long as it's smooth. I like medium/large pens. The TWSBI 540 is about the perfect size for me. Price varies. I have some that cost $5 and some that cost $500.

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I'd also be happy to help testing, as would my son. We both use italic or stub nibs (the broader the better), and have a range of steel and gold nibs. I have several vintage pens as well as modern pens, and while his pens are new, I'm happy to let him use my pens while he is at home.

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